Sec. 20-30. Development fees; legislative intent and purpose.
Sections 20-30 through 20-43 of this chapter are adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of Peoria by:
(a)   Requiring new development to pay its proportionate share of the costs incurred by the City that are associated with providing Necessary Public Services to new development;
(b)   Setting forth standards and procedures for creating and assessing development fees consistent with the requirements of A.R.S. § 9-463.05, including requirements pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-463.05, Subsection K, that on or before August 1, 2014, the City replace its development fees that were adopted prior to January 1, 2012 with development fees adopted pursuant to the requirements of A.R.S. § 9-463.05 as amended by the state legislature in SB 1525, Fiftieth Legislature, First Regular Session;
(c)   Setting forth procedures for administering the development fee program, including Offsets, Credits, and refunds of development fees. All development fee assessments, Offsets, Credits, or refunds must be administered in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
This Chapter shall not affect the City's zoning authority or its authority to adopt or amend its General Plan, provided that planning and zoning activities by the City may require amendments to development fees as provided in Section 20-35 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 02-59, 6/18/02, Enacted (SUPP 2002-2); Ord. No. 02-72, 8/20/02, Repealed (SUPP 2002-3); Ord. No. 2014-19, 5/6/14, Enacted (SUPP 2014-2))